I'm 15, on the verge of 16. Finding myself in a new home, new school, new surroundings. No friends, no one who knows me or this past that I came from. It's all new. The school year develops, I made friends with people who were my peers, my equals. We're still friends today, all these years later. Even after going on with our lives - Graduation, Marriage, Kids and so on - we're still friends. One of the blessings of Facebook. It's 1998. Christmas. I know it's the season of giving, not receiving and I had nothing to give. But my circle of friends gave - and one gave big. But, not in the aspect you'd think - no. A simple black book. Lightly lined and ready for me. I've carried this book forever, or what seems like forever now. You can do the math, it's 2025, that was 1998... a lifetime ago. From that book, I share with you the first entry: Ink Your thoughts so perfectly sketched out on blue-lined...
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